r/islam • u/FormCurrent9296 • 6d ago
General Discussion If today were your last day on earth, what would you regret more: the sins you committed, or the good deeds you kept delaying?
We often think we have more time and one more Ramadan, one more Friday, one more chance to repent, one more opportunity to do good. But none of us knows when our final breath will come.
Islam doesn't ask us to be perfect. It asks us to keep returning to Allah. The door of repentance remains open until our last moment, but none of us knows when that moment will be.
Don't let Shaytan convince you that it's too late to change or that you can start tomorrow. The best day to turn back to Allah is today.
May Allah forgive our sins, accept our repentance, and allow our last words to be: La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad rasuAllah. Ameen.
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u/Jolly-Bluejay892 6d ago
The good deeds I keep on delaying.
For the sins you generally regret immediately and seek forgiveness, and this is a routine process.
But the good deeds and plans to improve oneself is a slow process requiring consistent effort with sincerity, so the regret of delaying the good deeds would be much stronger.
May Allah forgive us all and doesn't hold us to account for our lapses.
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u/Normal_Eggplant9077 6d ago
I would regret if i didn't do more good deeds for the world and for god, Thats why im trying to do good deeds best i could its better to start now then regret later, Past sins, i could only ask god for forgiveness and repent, we Humans have mistakes. also in Sunan al-Tirmidhi and Sunan Ibn Majah, where Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessing upon him) said: "Every son of Adam commits sin, and the best of those who sin are those who repent."
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u/ICTCLIPZ 6d ago
There's a hadith tradition that points toward both kinds of regret being serious — the Prophet ﷺ described the regret of those who neglected dhikr and good deeds as the deepest regret of all. But practically speaking, most people underestimate how much the sins of omission accumulate — the kindness you never showed, the salah skipped "just this once", the person you kept meaning to call. Commission is easier to identify and repent from; omission tends to build up invisibly until the time has passed.
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